Onkyo has unveiled two new network audio systems with Chromecast built-in. The flagship CS-N775D multiroom receiver system and CS-N575D multiroom Hi-Fi CD system also support DTS Play-Fi multiroom distribution for network and analogue audio. Users can stream any music from Chromecast-enabled apps for iPhone, iPad, Android devices, Mac or Windows laptop and Chromebook.

DTS Play-Fi technology, allows streaming from online services, media server, or device library over 5 GHz/2.4 GHz Wi-Fi to any number of compatible products via the Onkyo Music Control App. Onkyo also includes multiroom network and analogue audio distribution via its app, which works with Onkyo NCP-302 speakers.

Both receivers showcase a new JOG dial and advanced display technology, designed to improve content navigation. Spotify, TIDAL, Deezer, and TuneIn are integrated, together with mobile music and audio on networked media server.

The CS-N775D system (pictured above) features novel 3-state bitstream switching amplification. Where conventional switching amplifiers use only two digits to reproduce the sound wave, 3-state bitstream adds a third ‘neutral’ digit said to smoothly shape a waveform so that it approximates that from an analogue amplifier. It utilises an AK4490 768 kHz/32-bit DAC from AKM.

The feature-packed unit has a CD player, plus FM/RDS and DAB+ tuners. In addition, portable HDDs can function as a music server for the CS-N775D when connected to a USB input. File playback includes 192 kHz/24-bit FLAC, ALAC, and WAV as well as Direct DSD 11.2 MHz, DSD 5.6/2.8 MHz, and compressed audio formats.